Politico reporters agree: EFCA is "divisive"
March 11, 2009 1:22 pm ET by Media Matters staff
The first sentence of Patrick O'Connor's March 10 Politico article on the Employee Free Choice Act:
Republicans on both sides of the Capitol are using a divisive labor union bill to raise cash and launch new attacks on Democratic supporters of the measure, which would ease unionizing requirements.
The first sentence of Lisa Lerer's March 10 Politico article on the Employee Free Choice Act:
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. George Miller, (D-Calif.) are pushing back on the idea that a divisive labor union measure is in trouble, insisting there has been "no erosion" of Democratic support for the Employee Free Choice Act.
The first sentence of Alex Isenstadt's March 10 Politico article on the Employee Free Choice Act:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid weighed in on a divisive labor union bill introduced in both chambers of Congress today, saying he's confident he can round up votes to pass the measure in the Senate.
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They also FALSELY repeat the WINGNUT claim that EFCA "does away" with the secret ballot.
"Republicans call the legislation the "card check" because it would do away with the secret ballot by giving workers the chance to unionize by simply signing a card."
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
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Thank you.
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